Beijing + 15: “Working Together for Equality”

State & Territory Caravans across Australia & On-line Questionnaire: Beijing + 15
June, July, and early August, 2009

A series of workshops or caravans will be held in each State across Australia during June, July and early August, 2009. The information which comes from these caravans will be presented in:

Announcement

This serves as an invitation to all organizations interested in conducting workshops during the forthcoming AP-NGO Forum on Beijing+15. Parallel workshop sessions should contribute substantive inputs and discussions to the Forum theme and agenda.

All activities in the Forum are to contribute to its theme:

• “weaving wisdom” by sharing stories of women’s activism and the approaches, knowledge and skills developed
• “confronting crises” by presenting papers and programs developed in response to crises, whether economic, environmental, political and cultural, with particular focus on addressing impact on women’s needs and interests
• “forging the future” by brainstorming ways for inter-country and regional cooperation among civil society organizations to realize and enrich the vision of Beijing and CEDAW.

The All-China Women's Federation International Liaison Department and the Chinese Women’s Research Society held a non-governmental organisation conference on the 15th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women. on 15 June 2009 in Beijing, China

This has been a fantastic week for both APWW and JAWW.

I thank the members for their enduring efforts to attend this meeting in spite of multiple difficulties of various kinds.

I also thank the APWW members who regretfully were not able to attend this meeting, but cooperated with their inputs and encouraged us so well.